Driving in the UK - Documents (2)

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1 Driving in the UK - Documents (2) Do you drive a car? Yes No Do you own a car? Yes No If you drive or own a car these worksheets will help you to learn about documents you need to drive in the U.K. You will learn some useful words to do with driving and you will be able to practise reading and writing about driving using the past simple. If you have a driving licence from another country you can usually use it to drive in the U.K. for 12 months. For more information look at this website: British Council

2 Read this information about driving in the U.K. Full Licence Provisional Licence When you drive a car in the UK you must: have a valid driving licence be insured to drive the car. A full driving licence shows that you have passed a driving test and you know how to drive. A provisional driving licence means that you are learning to drive and you must have someone in the car with you who can teach you to drive. You must also be insured to drive a car. You must buy car insurance for yourself or you must make sure that the owner of the car you are driving has insurance for you. This means that if you have an accident the insurance company usually pays for the damage to the other person s car. When you own a car in the U.K. every year you must; pay for road tax and display a tax disc in your car get an M.O.T test and have an MOT certificate (If your car is 3 years or older). Every year you must pay tax to drive your car on the road. You must put a tax disc in the window of your car to show that you have paid this tax. The government uses the money from road tax to build and repair the roads. When a car is 3 years old it must have its first MOT test. The car must then have an MOT test every year. This test checks that the car is safe to drive and that it doesn t damage the environment. British Council

3 Activity One Draw a line to match the words to the meaning. damage to mend something and make it like new again a provisional driving licence to repair marks, scratches or dents on a car caused by an accident a test on your car to check it is safe and won t damage the environment a full driving licence money you pay to the government to drive on the roads in the U.K. road tax the document you need when you start learning to drive a tax disc a small paper document you put in the car windscreen to show you have paid you road tax an MOT test you have this so that if you have an accident the company will pay for any damage car insurance a document which shows you have passed your driving test British Council

4 Activity Two Look at the text again. Can you remember where to put the words from page 3? Write the words in the gaps. When you drive a car in the UK you must: have a valid driving licence be insured to drive the car. A shows that you have passed a driving test and you know how to drive. means that you are learning to drive and you must have someone in the car with you who can teach you to drive. You must also be insured to drive a car. You must buy for yourself or you must make sure that the owner of the car you are driving has insurance for you. This means that if you have an accident the insurance company usually pays for the to the other person s car. When you own a car in the U.K. every year you must; pay for get an test (If your car is 3 years old or older). Every year you must pay tax to drive your car on the road. You must put a on the windscreen of your car to show that you have paid this tax. The government uses the money from to build and repair the roads. When a car is 3 years old it must have its first MOT test. The car must then have an MOT test every year. This test checks that the car is safe to drive and that it doesn t damage the environment. British Council

5 Activity Three Are these sentences true T or false F? (Write T or F next to the sentences.) When you drive a car in the U.K. you must have a driving licence and insurance. _T A full driving licence shows that you are learning to drive You can drive a car on your own if you have a provisional licence. You must make sure you are insured to drive a car. If you own a car you must pay road tax to drive it on the roads in the U.K. You must put a tax disc on the windscreen of your car. When your car is 5 years old you must get an MOT test. You must get an MOT test every 3 years. The MOT test checks that the car is safe to drive. The MOT test checks that the car won t damage the environment. If you need more information about driving in the U.K. you can go to this website: British Council

6 Activity Four Can you find 5 mistakes in this text? Underline the parts that are wrong. Last week Hamid bought his first new car. The car was 2 years old so he took it to the garage to get an MOT. The MOT checked that the car was dangerous to drive and that it will damage the environment. He bought a tax disc and put it on the mirror of his car. Hamid looked on the internet and bought some car insurance. Now if he has an accident the insurance company won t pay for any damage. Can you write out the text with no mistakes? British Council

7 Activity Five: Talking about the past Example: Hamid passed his driving test last year. Passed is a regular verb. Write these regular verbs in the past simple. walk pass turn live fail visit look receive walked For regular verbs we add ed to form the past simple For regular verbs ending in e we only add d Did you follow this rule? Check your answers to see if they were correct. Many verbs are irregular and we have to learn the past simple form. Write the past simple form of these irregular verbs. Example: Hamid took his car to the garage. have had drive is send are go British Council

8 Read this negative sentence. Last year Hamid didn t have a car. Write the past simple negative form of these verbs. walk look go drive didn t walk To make the negative form of the past simple you must use didn t + infinitive form of the verb. Did you follow this rule? Check your answers. British Council

9 Activity Six Read this story. Fill the gaps with the past simple form of these verbs. Be careful! Sometimes you will need the negative form. send is not/look turn drive fail not/go receive go visit pass not/drive My name is Joe and I m 17 years old. Last week I my driving test so now I can drive a car! I off my provisional driving licence to the DVLA and a few days later I my full licence in the post. I m very happy because this my third test. I my first driving test because I in the mirror. I failed the second test because I right instead of left. The first time I the car by myself I very far. Yesterday I to Bristol and my Gran. I went on the motorway but I too fast. British Council

10 Answers Activity One Draw a line to match the words to the meaning. damage to mend something and make it like new again a provisional driving licence to repair marks, scratches or dents on a car caused by an accident a test on your car to check it is safe and won t damage the environment a full driving licence money you pay to the government to drive on the roads in the U.K. road tax the document you need when you start learning to drive a tax disc a small paper document you put in the car windscreen to show you have paid you road tax an MOT test you have this so that if you have an accident the company will pay for any damage car insurance British Council the document which shows you have passed your driving test

11 Activity Two Look at the text again. Can you remember where to put the words from page 3? Write the words in the gaps. When you drive a car in the UK you must: have a valid driving licence be insured to drive the car. A full driving licence shows that you have passed a driving test and you know how to drive. A provisional driving licence means that you are learning to drive and you must have someone in the car with you who can teach you to drive. You must also be insured to drive a car. You must buy car insurance for yourself or you must make sure that the owner of the car you are driving has insurance for you. This means that if you have an accident the insurance company usually pays for the damage to the other person s car. When you own a car in the U.K. every year you must: buy road tax get an MOT test (If your car is 3 years or older). Every year you must pay tax to drive your car on the road. You must put a tax disc on the windscreen of your car to show that you have British Council

12 paid this tax. The government uses the money from road tax to build and repair the roads. When a car is 3 years old it must have its first MOT test. The car must then have an MOT test every year. This test checks that the car is safe to drive and that it doesn t damage the environment Activity Three Are these sentences true T or false F? (Write T or F next to the sentences.) When you drive a car in the U.K. you must have a driving licence and insurance. T A full driving licence shows that you are learning to drive F You can drive a car on your own if you have a provisional licence. F You must make sure you are insured to drive a car. T If you own a car you must pay road tax to drive it on the roads in the U.K. T You must put a tax disc on the windscreen of your car. T When your car is 5 years old you must get an MOT test. T You must get an MOT test every 3 years. F The MOT test checks that the car is safe to drive. T The MOT test checks that the car won t damage the environment. T If you need more information about driving in the U.K. you can go to this website: British Council

13 Activity Four Can you find 5 mistakes in this text? Underline the parts that are wrong. Last week Hamid bought his first new car. The car was 2 years old so he took it to the garage to get an MOT. The MOT checked that the car was dangerous to drive and that it will damage the environment. He bought a tax disc and put it on the mirror of his car. Hamid looked on the internet and bought some car insurance. Now if he has an accident the insurance company won t pay for any damage. Can you write out the text with no mistakes? Last week Hamid bought his first new car. The car was 3years old so he took it to the garage to get an MOT. The MOT checked that the car was safe to drive and that it won t damage the environment. He bought a tax disc and put it on the windscreen of his car. Hamid looked on the internet and bought some car insurance. Now if he has an accident the insurance company will pay for any damage. British Council

14 Activity Five Talking about the past. walk pass turn live fail visit look receive walked passed turned lived failed visited looked received Irregular verbs have had drive drove is was send sent are were go went Negative verbs. walk look go drive didn t walk didn t look didn t go didn t drive British Council

15 Activity Six Read this story. My name is Joe and I m 17 years old. Last week I passed my driving test so now I can drive a car! I sent off my provisional driving licence and a few days later I received my full licence in the post. I m very happy because this was my third test. instead of left. I failed my first driving test because I didn t look in the mirror. I failed the second test because I turned right The first time I drove the car by myself I didn t go very far. Yesterday I went to Bristol and visited my Gran. I went on the motorway but I didn t drive too fast. British Council